000 WWUS72 KTAE 031109 NPWTAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 609 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... .HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS SURFACE WINDS SUBSIDE AS THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES IN TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET QUICKLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20S INLAND...WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 20 OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST. ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- 032100- /O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.W.0003.080104T0400Z-080104T1400Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.HZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080103T1600Z/ COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER... DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON... SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB... COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON... BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA... GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY... LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY... PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY... CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO... MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES... CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY... DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN... TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY... COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS... NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE... QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 609 AM EST THU JAN 3 2008 /509 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ THIS MORNING. HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS SURFACE WINDS SUBSIDE AND THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLES IN TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NEAR CALM OVER MOST AREAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET QUICKLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE 20S INLAND... WITH LOWS BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 20 OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 NEAR THE COAST. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN 6 TO 8 HOURS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS... AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. $$ 12-WATSON